Chapter 1: La Masia

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On December 28, 2005, "World Sports" broke a shocking news that Barcelona had taken a fancy to a talented player from China, who played as a midfielder, and Barcelona coach Rijkaard admired him very much and intended to transfer him to the first team. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Suddenly, the entire Chinese media was boiling and began to look for the Chinese talent, but then Barcelona once again released the news that the Chinese player is 1.88 tall and fast. Superb footwork and good at assisting.

And it has been repeatedly stressed in the message that this is definitely not a joke, which Rijkaard personally finalized after watching a lot of player footage, and also described detailed physical details.

He even began to paint a picture of his business plans in China: "Barcelona will enter the most important market in the world, China, and in 2006 open a Barcelona sales center in Shanghai, where it is expected to sell 75 million kits a year; When the time comes, Barcelona centers will also be opened in Hong Kong, Beijing, Sichuan and Northeast China. ā€

Although the real name of the Chinese player was not indicated, the domestic media began to take it seriously, and Lang Xin even hung the news on the front page of the webpage, and called the player with the mysterious Chinese genius.

After a busy period of work, after the Chinese media could not find the Chinese player's footprints, FC Barcelona suddenly released a note, saying that it was just an "April Fool's joke"

April Fool's Day in Spanish-speaking and Mediterranean Catholic countries is celebrated on December 28, where it is called "Feast of the Saints".

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Looking back at the gate of La Masia, Chen Yier had a bitter smile on the corner of his mouth.

Whether it is Real Madrid or Barcelona, although the youth training is strong, there are many talents in it, such as Cesc Fabregas, Pique, Oscar and other players, all waiting for the opportunity to play, but in the end they can only choose to be loaned or leave on their own.

Chen Yier has a chance to rise to the first team of Barcelona as a mascot, but Chen Yier is unwilling to even be a mascot who can't even enter the eighteen-man squad.

So, you can only choose to run away, right?

Cesc Fabregas and Pique have decided to leave, it is said that Real Madrid also has a group of academy players leaving, hehe, they all say that the giants are good, but because they are giants, the competition is becoming more and more fierce!

Chen Yier's eyes began to become a little dazed, and he still remembered what Fabregas and the others said before leaving.

"One-two, instead of staying here and waiting for the opportunity of others to give alms, it is better to go out and give it a go."

An opportunity for handouts? It's better to say despair! Ronaldinho, Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Barcelona is not short of midfielders at all!

Fabregas has been gone since 2003! It's been almost three or four years now! Tut-tut, the winner of the Serie A Golden Boy Award! It's really enviable!

"One, two, I'm not a traitor, sooner or later, I'll ask Barcelona to bring me back again."

Thinking of Fabregas's firm words again, Chen Yier no longer had half a point of nostalgia.

You can be so ambitious as a 1.4 dwarf, but I, Chen Yier, will not be half a point weaker than you!

On January 1, 2006, the winter transfer, Barcelona academy Chen Yier officially joined the Serie A Fiorentina club for 300,000 euros, not too many people cared about the news, perhaps only the club's owner De La Valle had some expectations for Chen Yier.

Fiorentina faced a huge crisis in previous seasons, the club was disbanded, the team restructured, and then has been struggling with relegation, and this season, all aspects have begun to improve, De La Valle began to invest a lot of money to strengthen the club, although there is no hope of winning the title this season, but the qualification for the Serie A semi-finals is still available, and if you want to go further next season, the midfield needs to be strengthened.

Chen Yier is a product of the Barcelona academy, and after the 16-year-old Cesc Fabregas left Arsenal in 2003, he briefly served as the heart of Barcelona's youth team, and also scored 15 goals in one season.

It's just that this is still a lot worse than Fabregas at that time! After all, Fabregas at that time had 30 goals in a season! But it's worth 300,000 euros.

De La Valle is a big Fiorentina fan, and after buying Fiorentina back, he is now increasingly wanting to build the club well.

On January 1, 2006, Chen Yier VS Cesc Fabregas, the former joined Fiorentina at the age of 300,000 euros at the age of 18, and the latter joined Arsenal at the age of 3.2 million euros at the age of 16.

The corners of Chen Yier's mouth rose slightly, Fabregas, it seems that he lost to you in the early stage!

"European Champions Cup!" Chen Yier's eyes flashed with a strange light, he was quite looking forward to it!

But now it's time to learn Italian!

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Fiorentina's Prandelli is frowning at this time and looking at the player information in his hand, the weakest point of Florence's squad is now the midfield! The 28-year-old Japanese midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata went to Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League, making Fiorentina's midfield even weaker.

Although it is said that Nakata Hidetoshi likes to mess with the relationship between men and women, but there is still a bit of work under his feet, and now that he is gone, the remaining few are always a little worse on the court, but now it is difficult to introduce a good midfielder!

Winter transfers generally don't have any big moves, that is, to strengthen the bench! But who caused such a big problem in Fiorentina's midfield? And Tony, the team's main striker, is a typical standing pile, and if there is no good assist-type player, it can't be activated at all!

Prandelli himself was a midfielder when he was a player, and Toney's performance had been average, slow and passable, but he saw the mystery and knew how to use Tony well.

And sure enough, with Toney waiting for the ball in the box, relying on his height and strength, coupled with his header ability, free kicks and corners became Fiorentina's scoring weapon.

This season, Tony is completely expected to have the Golden Boot, but it's a pity, midfielder! Midfielder!

Prandelli frowned, he remembered that De La Valle had a way, and even thought of Chen Yier, who had just transferred from Barcelona.

Should you give it a try? Prandelli didn't know, but he had something in his heart.

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On February 5, 2006, Fiorentina hosted Lecce, who are at the bottom of the Serie A rankings, and 18-year-old Chen Yier started the game.

The corner of Fiorentina's coach Prandelli's eyes twitched, the midfielder who was already small at this critical juncture was still injured, and the next game was against Inter Milan, so let this Barcelona kid try!

Prandelli pursed his lips, this time he chose 4213 to play defensive counterattack, as long as he didn't lose the ball, then in seventy minutes, he would let Maresca replace the Chinese kid to see if he could score a goal.

Stepping on the court, Chen Yier couldn't help gritting his teeth, damn it! Cesc Fabregas was only 16 years old when he played for Arsenal's first team, and he only joined the team for a month and 12 days, so he was good, and only at the age of 18 did other clubs want it, even the start was more than half a month late!

If Fabregas was here at this time, he would probably remind Chen Yier with a smile: "Hey, I played at the age of 16, and you are 18 years old!" ā€

At the Stadio Franchi, countless Fiorentina fans are cheering and shouting that this season is already very satisfactory for them, the team does not need to worry about relegation, and even look forward to next season's Champions League.

All this was brought about by Prandelli, who took charge of the team to fourth place and who knew how to use the 10 million euros transfer to Fiorentina. They are excited about the team's results.

The purple jersey was worn decimately on Chen Yier's body, and the player number of No. 33 made Chen Yier touch it over and over again, although it was not the first time to play football, but this kind of high-level league was really the first time!

Chen Yier inexplicably felt that his heartbeat was a little faster, and he was now able to speak four Chinese, Chinese, English, Spanish, Italian, although Italian was considered coarse, but some basic communication on the court was no problem.

Lecce have had a rather poor season, scoring 15 goals in 22 games, but losing 16 games and conceding a full 38 goals.

Chen Yier's eyes flashed with excitement, and he set his eyes on a player not far away, No. 30 Tony, 193 body, strong physique, good goal performance this season, as long as Chen Yier can connect with Tony and cooperate, then his main position can be kept, right?

When he stepped on the field, Chen Yier kept looking at Lecce's players, except for the red and black team uniform, he didn't give Chen Yier anything worth paying attention to, in Chen Yier's opinion, the Lecce team didn't seem to have any fighting spirit.

In the end, Chen Yier set his sights on No. 24 Ledesma.

No. 24 Ledesma is different from his team-mates, and if his teammates are all in the twilight, then Ledesma has a feeling of poised momentum.

Toni noticed this new midfielder, it is said to be from Barcelona, looking at the current appearance of Chen Yier, you think this young man may be nervous, he hesitated, stepped forward and patted Chen Yier's shoulder and said: "Don't think so much, the defensive task has them, you only need to be responsible for organizing the attack." ā€

Chen Yier also played in Barcelona's youth team, so he naturally didn't feel nervous, but he always felt that the other party seemed to cause him some trouble.

As if he was afraid that Chen Yier would be too relaxed, Tony thought about it carefully and said again, after all, this is the second round of their fight, "Ledesma?" Nice midfielder, you have to be careful, he's very delicate at his feet and good organisation. ā€

Toney actually likes Ledesma, but it's a pity that such an aggressive style of play is useless in Serie A, Lecce scored more goals and conceded more goals last season, after striker Vucinic went to Rome, this season...

stopped the topic, the two teams stood on the field, Tony and Chen Yier kicked off, and the head coach Prandelli sat on the field and squinted at Chen Yier, Barcelona's midfielder?

The referee blew the whistle, the game officially began, Tony passed the ball to Chen Yier and ran towards Lecce's backfield, Ledesma stepped forward directly to force it to look menacing, but Chen Yier smiled.

What a big one! Barcelona's midfielder, is that a joke? Cesc Fabregas, Andres Iniesta, Xavi, Ronaldinho, Messi and many more.

When Ledesma quickly stepped forward to press, Chen Yier blinked, his right foot was on tiptoe, and the ball crossed Ledesma in a beautiful arc and fell directly into the space between the two central defenders.

"Oh! As soon as the match began, Fiorentina had a great chance! If Toni can get his hands on it! ā€

The sound of the commentary resounded in the ears of the audience who had just turned on the TV, which made some people who had not yet figured out the situation hold their breath and began to look at the specific situation.

At this time, in front of the TV in England, a young player wearing an Arsenal shirt was watching this scene, and he couldn't help but clench his fists and stare at the number 33 wearing a purple jersey on the TV.

"This stinky boy, just want to steal my limelight so much! But I'm two years ahead of you! ā€

But it is the latest golden boy Fabregas, who, like Chen Yier, is a player from La Masia, which has a lot of demons.

Ledesma turned his head in horror to see No. 30 Toney heading towards the ball, while his team's defenders were still sleepwalking.

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